Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1887-07-20
DANGERS OF BADNESS
A Physician Considers Them y Growing
Cause OF Increased Mortality.

A Physician Considers Them y GrowIna
Cause OF Increased Mortality.
"Bald-headed men die sooner than those
who possess a full head OF hair" said a
physician to New York InaiI aad FrDress
reporter tho other day. ''Thcu, doctor,
your life is shortened" interposed the re
porter.
81 have adopted a protector, you see;
the skull-cap. II have no hair to cover
my Uranium, do the next best thing and
use warm cap. never go bald-headed,
no matter where I am, and by that means
never take cold. The mljority Of men
who have bald heads wear nothing tc
protect the exposed surface, not even G
wig. The result is many OF them
take cold and go OF with pneumonia
or contract some deep-scated disease
like bronchitis or consump tion. Yet II
i told baid-headed man to wear somo
thing warm on tho exposed spot nc would,
nine times out OF ten, pay no attention TO
my warning. II is growing cause Of in
creased mortality, and deserves great at
tention, both from scientists and empir-
icnl laymcn. Bald heads are the sign.
posts OF high 9sthetical civilization, and
at the same time the epitaphs Of physic-
al degeneration. Luxury, case, high liv-
ing and hereditary characteristics have 70
be taken into consideration when analyz.
ing the problem Of bald heads. II the
future race Is to be devoid OF hair, then il
must necessarily be a short-livci one, be-
cause more susceptible TO sickness.
have noted many cases of pneumonia,
and where tho patient is a male over forty
years old the proportion ia over one-hali
In favor OF his bsing bIld-head I'd.
Whcncvcr have bald headed patient
i ho a.
a skull-cap. IL tho hair was no pro-
lection To man he would have been ere
atcd without any, and his skin made tou gt
and thick TO stand the weather. The wise
provisions made to insure perfect ply
sical comfort never contemplated n peri Cd
In the worlds history when man Should
go about with his head slick as peeled
onion The man vino docs IL repeatedly
sooner or later pays the penalty.
"Cgsar was bald In his last days and
shielded his Uranium by wearing a crown
In those days, when hats were not worn,
few people wero bald, and those who
were attempted to conceal the fact 1t is
said that Caesar wore the crown TO hide
his bald head, and il may be added cor.
rectly that he did II for comfort "a well
Women do not suffer from tho exposure
OF bald heads because they wear false
head rigging which generally pro
tccts the scalp. Then females are not pre-
disposed TO badness as males. Nature
has given them an abundance Of hair, and
those who grow bald have some kind Of
skin trouble. Yet thore arc moro bald
headed women that the world imaglnes.
My argument against going about with
the scalp exposed is merely from a hygie-
mic point of view and not because OF any
false notions about how IL makes a person
look Old men, middle-agcd mon, gildcd
youths, and unfortunate womankind, il
you are bald, don't grieve over the newt
abe, but wear something warm aud upon
all occasions. Yours days will be longer
in tho land aud your progeny will DO less
apt 10 inherit tho hairless tendency"